Refugees’* Livelihoods and Economic Inclusion Xchange 5 March 2019 UNHCR Regional Support Centre, Nairobi

Welcome to the Regional Support Centre Regional Support Centre Regional Refugee Coordinators (2) Special Envoy for East Africa Geo coverage: Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Uganda, Somalia, Eritrea, Sudan, South Sudan Forthcoming regionalization

Agenda for today 1. UNHCR Introduction: what the “exchange” is not, what it can be - definitions UNHCR Global programme to alleviate poverty IGAD conference on Jobs, Livelihoods and Economic inclusion, Kampala 25-28 March 2. FAO/UNHCR partnership 3. Alexander Betts (Refugee Study Centre, Oxford) presenting results of research in Uganda/Kenya 4. ILO The “Dutch partnership” on Inclusive Jobs and Education for forcibly displaced persons and host communities - Government of the Netherlands, IFC, ILO, UNHCR, UNICEF and the WB 5. AOB

“Economic Inclusion means enabling refugees to provide for themselves and be net contributors to economic development as consumers, workers and entrepreneurs. It is one of the most important keys to enhancing protection and unlocking solutions for refugees” Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugeeswha WHAT WHAT

Why economic inclusion of refugees? Why strengthening livelihoods? Reduce depending on assistance and negative coping Contribute to economies Prepare for the future (return, integration, resettlement) Protection and solutions Self-reliance and resilience Dignity, normal life, social cohesion earn&spend

2014-2018 Livelihoods Centralised Evaluation Findings HOW “positive shift” Increased partnerships with development actors Learning and adapting new ways of working with private sector, financial service providers, government Market-based approach Going forward: UNHCR to work on livelihoods, but in a strategic role, facilitating access to economic and financial inclusion through partnerships Continue to ensure protection Build on access to basic services and systems to further economic and development activities https://reliefweb.int/report/world/evaluation-unhcrs-livelihoods-strategies-and-approaches-2014-2018-global-report 2014-2018 Livelihoods Centralised Evaluation Findings

WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP – ONE OF THE LATEST INITIATIVES Global Programme to Alleviate Poverty for Refugees & Host Communities Geneva 27-28 FEBRUARY

The coalition

Programme features: The Graduation Approach Consumption Mentoring Training Asset transfer 18-36 months

Targets (2020-2025) 27 countries 500,000 500 million 5 years

Coalition activities 2019-2020 March-May: Finalizing programme document April-June: Finalize donor mapping June-December: Fund raising and donor events December: Pledge for “Global Refugee Forum 2019” February 2020 Expected start date

25-28 March in Kampala (1) an enabling environment for self-reliance (2) opportunities for engagement with private sector, non-state actors engagement and coordination (3) the return and especially reintegration dimensions of livelihoods development (4) regional coordination and resource mobilization, and (5) land and natural resources in livelihoods development.   1. Review opportunities and challenges which States have faced in advancing the economic inclusion of refugees; 2. In line with the content of the background paper, discuss issues related to creating (1) an enabling environment for self-reliance (2) opportunities for engagement with private sector, non-state actors engagement and coordination (3) the return and especially reintegration dimensions of livelihoods development (4) regional coordination and resource mobilization, and (5) land and natural resources in livelihoods development; 3. Explore how the legal aspects of the refugee right to work, and rights at work, can be advanced. Included will be a discussion of the concept of the right to work for refugees embedded in Articles 17, 18 and 19 of the 1951 Refugee Convention; 4. Determine how States, and other relevant stakeholders, can further contribute resources, revise regulations and promote economic opportunities, to enable decent work, job creation, and entrepreneurship programmes for host community members and refugees; 5. Encourage Governments to strengthen infrastructure and incentives for private sector investment into refugee hosting areas; 6. Explore how affordable financial services for women and men in host and refugee communities can be supported, including by reducing associated risks and enabling access where appropriate; 7. Summarize commitments made into a Joint Declaration which will be released at the conclusion of the conference; 8. Report back on implementation at subsequent Nairobi Declaration events.

2014-2018 Livelihoods Centralised Evaluation Findings FORTHCOMING 2014-2018 Livelihoods Centralised Evaluation Findings The Impact of Forced Displacement on Host Communities: A Review of the Empirical Literature in Economics, Paolo Verme and Kirsten Schuettler No 8727, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank RIN – Refugee Investment Network GCR progress MERS training first week of April Country focus? Uploads?